June 2008 Monthly Forecast

Posted 30 May 2008
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Notable Dates

Reports Due for Consideration in June

Document Requesting Report

26 May

Report from the Director General of the IAEA on Iran

S/RES/1803

June

SG monthly report on the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)

S/RES/1769

early June

ICTY/ICTR semi-annual reports

S/RES/1534

1 June

SG report on UN Peacekeeping Mission in Cyprus (UNFICYP)

S/RES/1789

1 June

Liberia Panel of Experts Report to the 1521 Sanctions Committee

S/RES/1792

4 June

SG report on UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) (Golan Heights)

S/RES/1759

5 June

SG report on Iraq-Kuwait (missing persons and return of property)

S/2006/469

22 June

SG quarterly report on UN Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS)

S/RES/1580

28 June

SG report (every four months) on the implementation of resolution 1701 (Lebanon)

S/RES/1773

30 June

SG report on UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA)

S/2007/754

30 June

SG report on UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)

S/RES/1244

late June

SG report on the UN Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA)

S/PRST/2001/25

late June

SG report on UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)

S/RES/1794

late June or early July

SG report on UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)

S/RES/1778

June 2008

Mandates Expire

Relevant Document

15 June

UN Peacekeeping Mission in Cyprus (UNFICYP)

S/RES/1789

15 June

UN International Independent Investigation Commission (Lebanon)

S/RES/1748

20 June

Liberia Panel of Experts

S/RES/1792

22 June

1267 (Al-Qaida and Taliban) Committee Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team

S/RES/1735

30 June

UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) (Golan Heights)

S/RES/1788

June 2008

Other Important Dates

31 May-10 June

A Security Council Visiting Mission to Africa will take place.

June

The Council is expected to receive the quarterly report and briefing of the 1737 Committee (Iran).

early June

The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, is expected to brief the Council on Darfur (S/RES/1593).

15 June

The constitution of Kosovo is expected to come into force.

by June 15

The Council is expected to review the mandates of the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I), the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB, the audit oversight body for the DFI) (S/RES/1790).

by end of June

The Counter-Terrorism Committee is expected to formulate and agree on an updated work program for 1 July to 31 December (S/2008/187).

late June

A Secretariat briefing and consultations on the Central African Republic are possible.

late June

The Iraqi government may report to the Council on its adherence to disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and related agreements (S/RES/1762).

Also expected in June:

  • An international conference to review progress on implementation of the Afghan Compact is scheduled for 12 June in Paris.
  • A presidential runoff has been scheduled for 27 June 2008 in Zimbabwe.
  • A peace agreement between Central African Republic’s government and the rebel Armée populaire pour la restauration de la démocratie (APRD) may be reached in the next few weeks.
  • The current term of office of the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Darfur expires on 30 June.

 

Important Dates over the Horizon

  • Municipal and local elections are scheduled for 5 July 2008 in Sierra Leone.
  • A meeting of states to consider the implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its Aspects is planned for 14-18 July 2008 in New York.
  • The Secretary-General is expected to report on follow-up arrangements regarding EUFOR Chad-Central African Republic by September.
  • Local elections are currently planned for 1 October 2008 in Iraq.
  • Legislative elections have been scheduled on 16 November 2008 in Guinea-Bissau.
  • Presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire are now schedule for 30 November 2008.

Full forecast

 

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